by Robert Solomon | Aug 14, 2023 | AP Automation, B2B Software, order to cash, Payments, Supply Chain Finance
B2B payment terms do not receive the attention they deserve. After all, trade credit is the most important form of short-term credit in the US. Estimates for US corporate receivables range from $3 trillion to $4.5 trillion at any given time. Trade credit, in turn,...
by Robert Solomon | May 31, 2022 | B2B Software, E-invoicing, Supply Chain Finance
I have written about Tungsten Network, the UK e-invoicing network, quite a bit. (See here, here, and here for example.) I’ve been intrigued by Tungsten Network for several reasons: The company processes £220 billion worth of invoices for F500 companies,...
by Robert Solomon | Jan 27, 2022 | B2B Software, Supply Chain Finance |
For a select few of us, SAP acquiring a majority stake in Taulia is big news. Embedding financing in procure-to-pay networks has been a bit of a mirage for two decades. It has always made perfect sense, but the two worlds overlapped only slightly and never converged...
by Peter Lugli | Oct 9, 2021 | Supply Chain Finance
{I’m pleased to welcome back, by popular acclaim, Peter Lugli, fintech veteran and all-around funnyman!} For decades now, practitioners of modern Supply Chain Finance (SCF) have optimized working capital cycles furtively and in darkness. Or as accountants would...
by Robert Solomon | Jun 9, 2021 | B2B Software, Marketplaces, Matchmaking, Supply Chain Finance
Xometry, a marketplace for buyers and suppliers of manufactured parts filed to go public. It’s an intriguing business in a hot space as indicated by: 76% revenue growth for the year ended March 2021 and the attraction of competition from Kreatize, Zetwerk,...
by Peter Lugli | Mar 22, 2021 | B2B Software, Supply Chain Finance |
(Back by popular demand, another guest post from Peter Lugli, a veteran of Ariba, Amazon Business, and Prime Revenue. A supply chain finance expert with a sense of humor!) Post-Greensill II: Pondering the rise and fall of Ponderables Whoa, dude. In what we in Seattle...
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